> Not to belabor the totally painfully obvious, but DNSBLs are a > protocol for communicating email sender reputation that are > implemented in open source software without patent encumbrances and > have been for a deacade. Wonderful! /Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: John Levine [mailto:johnl@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:38 PM > To: ietf@xxxxxxxx > Cc: lrosen@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IP-based reputation services vs. DNSBL (long) > > >I hope the charter, unlike the previous one, will require the > >development of a protocol for communicating email sender reputation > >that can be implemented in email products without known patent > >encumbrances that are incompatible with open source software. Email > >is simply too important to allow otherwise. > > Not to belabor the totally painfully obvious, but DNSBLs are a > protocol for communicating email sender reputation that are > implemented in open source software without patent encumbrances and > have been for a deacade. > > What would be the point of yet another WG to reinvent this wheel? > > R's, > John _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf